Synthetic Oil weight ?

[rocco16 at sbcglobal.net (Larry)]

Mike,
  You want to vary the FIRST number in the oil's viscosity rating according
to temps, not the second.

Larry
sandiego16v

> Personally, I use Mobil 1 5w 30 in the colder parts of the year and Mobil
1 5w 50 (red cap) in the warmer parts.  Works great.  Keeps the oil temp
gauge down around 80.
>
> HTH,
> Mike
> '86 red 16v (Red 5)
>
> John Ringham <jrringha@adobe.com> wrote:
> Those of you that use synthetic oil, what weight do you use? I currently
> have Kendall GT 20 w 50 in my 2008 cc 8v. I want to switch to synthetic
and
> have 5 w 30 Mobil 1 that I used in a different car? ( The oil is not used.
> It's extra left over) Can I use this weight in the Scirocco?
>
> John
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